In Cohen v. Arnot Health, Inc. et al, 2025 WL 1197854 (2d Cir. April 25, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the lower court’s award of summary judgment on plaintiff’s age discrimination claim asserted under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the New York State Human Rights Law…
Read More Age Discrimination Claims Properly Dismissed, Absent Adverse Employment ActionIn Browne v. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, 2025 WL 1177958 (2d Cir. April 23, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s award of summary judgment to the defendant on plaintiff’s claim of a race-based hostile work environment under Title VII of the Civil…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Properly Dismissed; Allegedly “Racially Offensive” Poems InsufficientIn Yuliano v. Cent. Park West Orthodontics P.C., No. 161370/2019, 2025 WL 1168160 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 22, 2025), the court denied defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: The City HRL must be “construed liberally…
Read More Citing Alleged Instruction to “Sexualize” Plaintiff’s Appearance, Court Allows Hostile Work Environment Claim to ProceedIn Noh v. Admarketplace, Inc., 24 Civ. 2107 (ER), 2025 WL 965882 (S.D.N.Y. March 28, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s sex- and race-based hostile work environment claims asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 1981, and the New York State and City…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim, Based on Race and Sex, Survive DismissalIn Huber v. TIAA, 2025 WL 1139131 (W.D.Va. April 17, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s hostile work environment claim in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In sum, plaintiff alleged that defendant engaged in religious discrimination by failing to accommodate her request for a…
Read More Title VII Religion-Based Hostile Work Environment Claim DismissedIn Fisher v. N-Stock Box, Inc., Case No. 1:23-cv-15, 2025 WL 1141842 (S.D.Ohio April 16, 2025), an employment discrimination case, the court granted defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings as to plaintiff’s hostile work environment claims, on the ground that plaintiff did not exhaust his administrative remedies at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Claims Dismissed Due to Failure to Exhaust Administrative RemediesIn Leone v. Brown Forman Corp., No. 151627/2019, 2025 WL 1146136 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 17, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to set aside a jury verdict in plaintiff’s favor on their retaliation claim asserted under the New York City Human Rights Law. From the decision: The branch of…
Read More Jury’s Verdict for Plaintiff on NYC Human Rights Law Retaliation Claim UpheldIn Medrano v. The City University of New York, No. 162199/2023, 2025 WL 1085294, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 31267(U), 4–5 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Apr. 03, 2025), the court, inter alia, dismissed plaintiff’s claim of national origin discrimination claim. From the decision: Plaintiff alleges she is of Iranian nationality, qualified for her position,…
Read More National Origin Discrimination Claim Dismissed; “Stray Remarks” InsufficientIn Kelvin Hunter v. Debmar-Mercury LLC, No. 24-1229, 2025 WL 1089218 (2d Cir. April 8, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit addressed the issue of whether “marital status” under the NYC Human Rights Law “encompasses an employee’s marital status in relation to a particular person.” In resolving this question, the court…
Read More 2d Circuit: “Marital Status” Discrimination Under the NYC Human Rights Law Does Not Pertain to Marriage to a Specific PersonIn Rosenson v. Bloomfield, Civil Action No. 24-1365 (SLS), 2025 WL 958254 (D.D.C. March 31, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s retaliatory hostile work environment claim asserted under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. From the decision: To prevail on a retaliatory hostile-work-environment claim, “a plaintiff must…
Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Dismissed; Repeated Criticism and Other Actions Held Insufficiently Severe or Pervasive